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Selected answers to common questions:
Direct and indirect variation.
Inequalities and negative numbers.
Positive/negative integer rules.
Solving simple linear equations.
- Algebra as a Metaphor for Life [06/11/2002]
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I've been given 'proofs' that -1 = 1, and that 2 > 4. Can you show me
why they aren't true?
- Algebra: Average of an Average [10/20/1997]
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If the one department hires 50 people/month, and another 80, what is the
average number of people/month hired?
- Algebra (Equation) [12/12/1997]
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What is the answer to the problem: 15-(5m-4) = 34?
- Algebra: Factoring Fractions [07/30/1997]
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Question: 8ab/4a2-b2 divided by 16b2/8a2-4ab.
- Algebra for Equivalence [11/12/2011]
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A teacher's warning about algebraic manipulations troubles a student. With simple
examples, Doctor Peterson shows how dividing by a variable may destroy solutions, how taking roots may introduce extraneous ones, and how factoring makes both more explicit, all while emphasizing caution with assumptions.
- Algebraic Explanation for Wrist Multiplication [09/10/2004]
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The trick behind the technique of wrist-multiplying is explained by
use of a standard algebraic multiplication formula.
- Algebraic Fractions [5/27/1996]
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How would you solve for x and find the least common denominator in the
equation 2/x = 4/3?
- Algebraic Sentences [01/30/2002]
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Is there a trick to understanding algebraic sentences?
- The Algebra of Complements and Supplements [01/25/1999]
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What are complements and supplements? How do you translate these concepts
into algebra?
- Algebra Problem [8/7/1996]
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How do I solve for T? 2t-12t+18 = 0
- Algebra Refresher [12/31/1997]
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I am trying to figure out how to solve this equation: (x^3 + 3x^2 - 4x +
3) / (x+1).
- Algebra - Solving Equations [11/03/1997]
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I am having a hard time solving some of my algebra problems...
- Algebra Terms: 'Evaluate' and 'Simplify' [7/30/1996]
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What do the terms "evaluate" and "simplify" mean in expressions like
"evaluate 3-{2-3(2-7)}" or "simplify -3x{7-(3x-5)}"?
- Algebra Test Questions [1/25/1996]
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1. Find 3 consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and third
is 84. 2. The length of a rectangle is 5 less than twice the width, the
perimeter of the rectangle is 80; find the dimensions of the rectangle.
3. Solve these equations: c + 2/5 = 3/7 and 1/6 = a + 3/a - 4.
- Alternate Solution Path to Venn Diagram Problem [05/12/2009]
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There are 30 students in a math class. Twelve belong to the computer
club, and eight belong to the photography club. Three belong to both
clubs. How many belong to neither club?
- Angles of a Parallelogram [8/24/1996]
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In a parallelogram ABCD, angle ABC = 2 * angle BCD; what is ADC?
- Another Order of Operations Problem [6/19/1995]
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(1+1*8-9*4) / (8*9+7*2) = ?
- Applying the Distributive Property to Division or Subtraction [12/29/2006]
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The distributive property is easily shown with multiplication and
addition. Can it be used with subtraction or division?
- Are (-a)^3 and -a^3 the Same Thing? [11/08/2005]
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One question on a test I took was (-a) * (-a) * (-a) = ?. I answered
(-a)^3. My teacher said the answer is -a^3 (same answer without the
parantheses). Aren't the two answers the same?
- Area of an Inner Rectangle [01/19/2003]
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Fred and Wilma's house had a 40 x 72 ft rectangular yard. Wilma
cultivated 5/12 of the area in flowers, which she grew in an
even border around the central grass area. Every morning Fred walked
Dino around the central grass area inside the flowers. How many laps
did he have to do to walk at least 1/4 mile?
- Asking Price of a House [10/14/2001]
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If a seller wants to clear $50,000 for his house and the real estate
commission is 6%, what should be the asking price for the house?
- Assigning Variables for Age [02/21/2003]
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John is 32. He is twice as old as Jim was when John was as old as Jim
is now. How old is Jim?
- Associative Property [5/22/1996]
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What is the associative property in algebra?
- Associative Property of Multiplication and Grouping Symbols [10/22/2006]
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Does the Associative Property of Multiplication make grouping symbols
unnecessary, since (a x b) x c = a x (b x c) = a x b x c?
- Average Speed [04/29/2001]
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A test track is 1 mile around. A driver drives 1 lap at 160mph. How fast
must he drive the second lap in order to average 200mph for the two laps?
- Average Speed of a Caterpillar [09/08/99]
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A caterpillar crawls at 21 in/hr to a vegetable patch and returns over
exactly the same distance at 7 in/hr. What its average speed over the
entire journey?
- Avoiding Careless Mistakes [01/30/2002]
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How can I avoid careless mistakes?
- Ball Thrown between Trains [10/15/2003]
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Two trains A and B each of length 100m travel in opposite directions
in parallel tracks. The speeds are 20m/s and 30m/s respectively. A
boy sitting in the front end of train A throws a ball to a boy
sitting in the front end of train B when they are at the closest
distance. The speed of the ball is 2m/s. The ball, instead of
reaching the boy, hits the rear end of the train. Find the distance
between the parallel tracks.
- Baseballs, Buckets, and Milk Cartons [10/09/2001]
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The mass of a baseball is 50g. What is the mass of a bucket when 2
buckets = 6 blocks; 1 bucket + 1 block = 2 milk cartons; and 2 baseballs
= 1 milk carton.
- Baseball Wins [9/10/1996]
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A baseball team played 18 games and won 4 more games than it lost. How
many games did it win?
- Basic Algebra Problem [6/24/1996]
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Can I solve a2-10 = ?
- Bedbugs and Beds [09/14/1997]
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In each single bed you can find 7 bedbugs, and in each double bed 13
bedbugs. If there are 106 bedbugs in all, how many double beds are there?
- Beginning Algebra [02/13/2003]
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How come, for x + 3 = -2, x = -5?
- Billions Taste the Rainbow Thousands of Billions of Billions of Times [03/06/2013]
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A student who knows facts about populations and physical chemistry struggles to
determine how long would it take the world to consume a mole of Skittles. Doctor Ian
shows the power of algebra by introducing a key assumption that makes this Fermi
problem approachable.
- Birthday Number Puzzle Variations [11/18/2002]
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A friend showed me a number trick that works no matter what number I
start with. How does it work? He also said that the year 2002 is the
only year it will ever work. Is that true?
- Boat Crossing River, Lake [8/3/1996]
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It takes a motorboat one hr. to go downstream from A to B and 1.5 hrs. to
go up-stream from B to A...
- Borrowing and Returning Books [03/26/2001]
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Four students borrowed books from a bookshelf and eight students returned
books. There are 27 books on the shelf. How many books were there in the
beginning?
- Break-Even Algebra [10/24/2014]
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A teen struggles to interpret a word problem into an algebraic inequality. By relating
inequalities to equalities and applying some dimensional analysis, Doctor Ian steps
through the question.
- Burning Candles [06/10/1999]
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A candle is lit at 4:30 and burns until 10:30, and a shorter one is lit
at 6:00 and goes out at 10:00. If they were the same length at 8:30, what
were their original lengths?
- Buying Stamps [08/21/1997]
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You buy .02 and .15 stamps, paying $1.56 in all. There are 10 more .02
than .15 stamps; how many of each kind did you buy?
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